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Overview

Josep Mensa is affiliated with the University of Barcelona in Spain and focuses their research primarily in the field of Medicine, with a specific emphasis on Infectious Diseases.

Their subfields of study include:

  • Infectious Diseases
  • Epidemiology
  • Neurology
  • Oncology
  • Clinical Biochemistry

The main topics covered in their work involve:

  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Neutropenia and Cancer Infections
  • Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • COVID-19 and healthcare impacts

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Josep Mensa include:

  • Incidence of co-infections and superinfections in hospitalized patients with COVID-19: a retrospective cohort study, 2020, Clinical Microbiology and Infection
  • Bacterial co-infection at hospital admission in patients with COVID-19, 2022, International Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • Trends in mortality of hospitalised COVID-19 patients: A single centre observational cohort study from Spain, 2021, The Lancet Regional Health - Europe
  • Impact of remdesivir according to the pre-admission symptom duration in patients with COVID-19, 2021, Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
  • Personalized Therapy Approach for Hospitalized Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019, 2020, Clinical Infectious Diseases

Josep Mensa frequently collaborates with several co-authors in their research projects. These frequent collaborators are:

  • Álex Soriano
  • Carolina García-Vidal
  • Mariana Chumbita
  • Pedro Puerta-Alcalde
  • Nicole García-Pouton

Their work appears in a variety of publication venues, with multiple publications in:

  • Revista Española de Quimioterapia
  • Infectious Diseases and Therapy
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Infection
  • Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Best Publications

  • Incidence of co-infections and superinfections in hospitalized patients with COVID-19: a retrospective cohort study.

    Carolina Garcia-Vidal;Gemma Sanjuan;Estela Moreno-García;Pedro Puerta-Alcalde

  • Influence of Vancomycin Minimum Inhibitory Concentration on the Treatment of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia

    Alex Soriano;Francesc Marco;José A. Martínez;Elena Pisos

  • Etiology of community-acquired pneumonia: impact of age, comorbidity, and severity.

    Mauricio Ruiz;Santiago Ewig;Maria Angeles Marcos;Jose Antonio Martinez

  • Effect of Corticosteroids on Treatment Failure Among Hospitalized Patients With Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia and High Inflammatory Response A Randomized Clinical Trial

    Antoni Torres;Oriol Sibila;Miquel Ferrer;Eva Polverino

  • Community-Acquired Pneumonia Due to Gram-Negative Bacteria and Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Incidence, Risk, and Prognosis

    Francisco Arancibia;Torsten T. Bauer;Santiago Ewig;Josep Mensa

  • Addition of a Macrolide to a β-Lactam-Based Empirical Antibiotic Regimen Is Associated with Lower In-Hospital Mortality for Patients with Bacteremic Pneumococcal Pneumonia

    José A Martínez;Juan P Horcajada;Manuel Almela;Francesc Marco

  • Severe Community-acquired Pneumonia Risk Factors and Follow-up Epidemiology

    Mauricio Ruiz;Santiago Ewig;Antoni Torres;Francisco Arancibia

  • Severe community-acquired pneumonia. Assessment of severity criteria

    Santiago Ewig;Mauricio Ruiz;Josep Mensa;Maria Angeles Marcos

  • Community-acquired pneumonia in the elderly: A multivariate analysis of risk and prognostic factors.

    R Riquelme;A Torres;M El-Ebiary;J P de la Bellacasa

  • Microbial aetiology of community-acquired pneumonia and its relation to severity

    Catia Cillóniz;Santiago Ewig;Eva Polverino;Maria Angeles Marcos

  • Antimicrobial treatment failures in patients with community-acquired pneumonia: causes and prognostic implications.

    Francisco Arancibia;Santiago Ewig;Jose Antonio Martinez;Mauricio Ruiz

  • Validation of predictive rules and indices of severity for community acquired pneumonia

    S Ewig;A de Roux;T Bauer;E García

  • Epidemiology and Outcome of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bacteremia, With Special Emphasis on the Influence of Antibiotic Treatment Analysis of 189 Episodes

    F Vidal;J Mensa;M Almela;J A Martínez

  • Pathogenic Significance of Methicillin Resistance for Patients with Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia

    A. Soriano;J. A. Martínez;J. Mensa;F. Marco

  • The Early Systemic Prophylaxis of Infection After Stroke Study A Randomized Clinical Trial

    A. Chamorro;J.P. Horcajada;V. Obach;M. Vargas

  • Clinical consequences of infection in patients with acute stroke: is it prime time for further antibiotic trials?

    Martha Vargas;Juan P. Horcajada;Victor Obach;Marina Revilla

  • Biofilm Formation in Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Strains: Relationship With Prostatitis, Urovirulence Factors and Antimicrobial Resistance

    S.M. Soto;A. Smithson;J.A. Martinez;J.P. Horcajada

  • Community-acquired pneumonia in the elderly. Clinical and nutritional aspects.

    Raúl Riquelme;Antoni Torres;Mustafa El-Ebiary;Josep Mensa

  • Pneumonia Acquired in the Community Through Drug-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae

    Santiago Ewig;Mauricio Ruiz;Antoni Torres;Francesc Marco

  • Analysis of 4758 Escherichia coli bacteraemia episodes: predictive factors for isolation of an antibiotic-resistant strain and their impact on the outcome

    M. Ortega;F. Marco;A. Soriano;M. Almela

Frequent Co-Authors

Alex Soriano
Alex Soriano University of Barcelona
Francesc Marco
Francesc Marco University of Barcelona
Antoni Torres
Antoni Torres University of Barcelona
Jordi Vila
Jordi Vila University of Barcelona
Manuel Almela
Manuel Almela University of Barcelona
Maria Angeles Marcos
Maria Angeles Marcos University of Barcelona
Jordi Bosch
Jordi Bosch Centre for Research on Ecology and Forestry Applications
Michael S. Niederman
Michael S. Niederman Cornell University
Felipe García
Felipe García University of Barcelona
Joaquim Ruiz
Joaquim Ruiz Autonomous University of Barcelona

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